Handicraft Club Seeking Members

The Community Clinic Craft Club is a group of women interested in baking, knitting, crocheting, or doing other crafts. Men are also invited!  To support the Community Clinic, we sell our handmade goods at monthly bake and craft sales at the main clinic.  The dates are posted at the showcase in the lower level of the Downtown Clinic.

We welcome new members and we encourage anyone to help out at the sales. We also encourage people to offer new ideas at our meetings. We meet monthly on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. (except July) at the Mel Langer Building, 424 – 1st Avenue North, down the back alley from the main building. We often invite a speaker or resource person to tell us about a new craft. We then bring out our china cups and saucers (as we think of ourselves a very special group) and have coffee, tea and a dainty.

If you decide to join our group, you need to be a member or become a member of the Saskatoon Community Clinic. You will receive 2/3 of the proceeds from the sale of items you make; the club’s 1/3 share will help  purchase  wheelchairs, furniture, books, toys for play areas and many more worthwhile items for the Clinic.  If you can knit, crochet, bake, sew, or make jewellery, please consider joining our group. For further information call Sonja Freiermuth @306-374-6002 or call Ingrid Larson, Member Relations Director, at the Downtown Clinic.

If you want to donate wool, material, or even kitted goods, we have a donation box at the Downtown Clinic at the back door near the reception area. Please leave your name and phone number so we may thank you for your support for the Handicraft Club.

Congratulations to our Outstanding Volunteer

The Board of Directors was pleased to present the 2017 Community Health Services Outstanding Volunteer Contribution award to Lynn Harvey at the Semi-annual Meeting in January.

Lynn has been a volunteer with the CHSA Seniors Advisory Council and the Kohkums Strengthening the Circle Program for many years.  Lynn first joined CHSA as staff in January 1983 and worked in the Counselling Department at both the Downtown and Westside Clinics until her retirement in December 2009.

After retiring from paid employment she continued to give of her time, generously providing hundreds of volunteer hours to Community Clinic activities. She has been active helping with seniors advisory council fundraising events, at Seniors Advisory Council meetings, as well as providing volunteer support to the Aboriginal Grandmothers or Kohkums group.  She was also the volunteer gardener for many years keeping the flower beds at the Downtown Clinic beautiful for all to enjoy.

Not only has she has been generous with her time she is has always been helpful and kind to everyone she has worked with and supported.

Lynn has retired from her volunteer activities with the Seniors Advisory Council and gardening however continues to help out with the Strengthening the Circle program.  We celebrate her many contributions and thank her for her service.

 

For information about our Counselling and Community Services Seniors Programs and Volunteer Opportunities, please contact Laurie Stone, Seniors Volunteer Co-ordinator, at 306 664-4282 or email [email protected]

 

 

 

Volunteer with the Seniors’ Program

Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity? Our new Community Clinic Seniors Program Volunteer Opportunities brochure is available here.